Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
Ukraine: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK/EU-Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor Parliamentary Roundtable held on 23 June 2026, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) procurement speed, (b) technology transfer between
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of repeated disability benefit assessments on the mental and physical wellbeing of claimants, including people with autism spectrum disorder and other
Waste Disposal: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Digital Waste Tracking service will help to reduce fly tipping.
Home Office: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest equivalent, (i) under £25,000, (ii) £ 25,001 to £ 35,0
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences who are eligible
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to victims of (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences arising from the reduction of automatic release p
Home Office: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annual employment a
Prisoners: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements for prisoners in custody serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offenc
Prisoners: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department operates a single database to record (a) the number of offenders serving standard determinate sentences, (b) their offence category and (c) their release dates.
Prisons: Black History Month and LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the events held to celebrate Black History Month and Pride Month in prisons in the past year.
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to expand property courts.
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made considerations to the establishment of Nightingale style Courts to deal with the courts backlogs, in property and Tier One tribunals.
Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase availability of legal aid to people who are victims of violence against women and girls, particularly in relation to people who wish to pursue judicial review.
Evidence: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Department is taking with the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service to improve the secure transfer of digital evidence between police, prosecutors and courts and reduce avoidable delays.
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants have successfully used the defence of automatism in cases arising from road traffic collisions in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the impact of those cases on
Nursing and Midwifery Council: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the number of Nursing and Midwifery Council cases in the High Court that resulted in the original decision being overturned in the past (a) 12 and (b) 24 months.
Planning Authorities: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local planning authorities which will meet the housing requirements generated by the revised standard method; what estimate he has made
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on the amount of development expected to take place on (a) greenfield land and
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on the capacity of local planning authorities to refuse planning applications
Housing Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning restrictions on the level of housing supply.
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of brownfield site utilisation in new housing construction.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the home buying process in England and Wales to ensure greater protections for buyers.
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review conveyancing laws in England.
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring conveyancing laws in England and Wales in line with Scotland.
Affordable Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of affordable housing.